Arrived in Germany

I have arrived a couple of days ago in Germany after a long flight and my body clock is slowly adjusting. It is great to see my parents and spend some time together. We don't see each other as often as I would like and sometimes I miss having them nearby. I would like to just pop over for a cup of coffee and say hello but that is not possible. So the time spent together is extra precious. It is difficult for the kids to not have me around for two weeks but they are getting older and handling it better every time, they have grown up with me leaving once or twice a year.
A tip for people traveling through Singapore Airport with a couple of hours to spare between flights...Massage parlors with Foot and Neck massages on offer are a great way to kill time and to relax between flights to get those tired bodies rejuvenated!

I will leave with a Layout that was done for a Feature on Filter Flowers for the Fancy Blog...check out what all the other girls have done with the versatile Filters!

Rainy Day

I hope you are all enjoying your Easter Break. It is rainy here today but that is a great excuse to get holed up in my craft room:) I'm getting ready to leave for Germany on Wednesday to visit my parents. It has only been 6 months since I went last but I look forward to spending some time with mum and dad. I usually only go once a year but mum hasn't been able to travel for a couple of years due to a bicycle accident so they weren't able to visit Australia as they usually do. She is getting better though and I'm hoping they can come to Australia early in 2012. Fingers crossed!
I have a million things to do before I leave so I have to run.
Here is a Layout done for Prima BAP April...enjoy the rest of Easter!

Lily Bee

Hi again...two days in a row...this is becoming a habit:) Check out the Lily Bee blog today, my first post went up featuring one of the Layouts I've submitted for the DT call!
Here is a sneak peek!

Happy Easter!

The long weekend has started for us and to celebrate I've had a two hour nap this afternoon! Steve and Max took off early this morning on a boys adventure to Cameron's Corner in the Simpson Desert (intersection of the New South Wales-Queensland border and New South Wales-South Australia border. This is an iconic location and the most remote location in outback New South Wales....just a little Geography lesson for my non-Australian blog readers:) They are driving a support vehicle for a motorbike rally. Max is only 8 and I think he will have the time of his life! That leaves me and Romy to have a quiet and girly Easter weekend which we very much look forward to! I'm intending to use this time for some crafting.
Talking about crafting I have another Fancy Pants Layout to show you, done with the 'It's the Little Things' collection...


















I have also created a page for the Crate Paper April Sketch Challenge using their new 'Toy Box' and 'Neighborhood' collections, great for boy pages.

Happy Easter!

Quick update...

If you haven't checked out the new Fancy Pants releases yet now is the time! I have finished another Layout with the "To the Moon" collection and I can't believe how quickly my pages come together! I'm usually a rather slow scrapper and will procrastinate over every little detail but all the different embellishments in the new collections make it super easy to create. And in case you haven't got a little boy at home and have no idea what Beyblades are, they are a glorified spinning top!
Have a great weekend and Happy scrapping :)

Things that kids say...

Romy: "Mum, what happened to the car?"

Me: "I've cleaned it."

Yes, unfortunately my car sometimes gets to a stage where my children don't recognize it once it has been cleaned:)

Playing...

School holidays have started and I love that it gives me so much time to play with paper and glue:)
Here is a Layout for the Sassafras sketch challenge and because I had the paper on my desk I made a card as well. I like having cards ready made and handy for any occasion.
I've used Copic Markers to color in the image and Distress Inks mixed with water and Liquid Pearls for the gras and the sky.

Featured Project...

The mini book in my previous post is today 'Featured Project' in the 2Peas Gallery!! Just had to share as this is the first time and just a bit exciting!! My husband just gave me a blank look when I told him...poor soul just doesn't understand what excites a girl:)

The week keeps getting better!

The Design Team was announced today @ Lily Bee and I'm very excited to be on the list!!! Congratulations to all new and returning DT members and to Kim and Georgia who also made the team! Can't wait to get started working with these wonderful products!
Here is one of my entries that I submitted to the call, a little mini album...




I hope your week is as good as mine:)

Super Excitement here!!!

Sooooo excited to be on this list!!! I love Jillibean products! Here is one of the projects I submitted for the call...





















I have also been lucky enough to receive the entire new release from Fancy Pants. I have been scrapping up (is this a word??) a storm. There is lots of inspiration in the Fancy Pants Gallery just in time as all the new collections are shipping now!

Happy Weekend!!

My last official Layout for Pencillines...although I will be checking in and getting lots of inspiration from the new DT...can't wait to see what they create! I have really enjoyed the challenge of a different sketch every week and sometimes being forced out of my comfort zone.





I have also been busy creating with the new Fancy Pants collections. Here is an example from 'To the Moon' collection. This release is the perfect combo of colors, textures and design for all your boy projects. For more great ideas you can go to the Fancy Pants Gallery and Blog!

Fancy Pants Update!

I've had another post on the Fancy Pants blog, this time with a little tutorial on how to make these...

Go check it out here!

I've also added a Layout to the Gallery using a mix of several of the past Fancy Pants collections. I love how all their collections seem to mix and match.

Watch out for some creations from the new CHA release here on the blog soon!

I've been playing...with paper and glue :)

I'm trying to write down funny things my kids say so that I don't forget them and have the journaling handy when I'm ready to scrap the story. This was a classic from my son Max! He has a great sense of humor even if it isn't always appreciated at the time, it still makes for a good laugh and a good story.
Hope you have a great week!

Update

Well...she is gone, our beloved German Sheppard found a new home. It was a sad day and I did shed some tears. My husband Steve returned from the States the morning I had to take her to the pick up point and seeing that I was not doing real well he volunteered to take Rani. I probably wouldn't have been able to let her go and just taken her back home with me. We have had an update from her adoptive family and she is doing really well and they are just so happy with her. I'm glad she is adjusting but I still miss her lots!

Now to some happier news...I have been scrapping lots but can't share all of it just yet. But I do have one Layout that I can show here done with the 'Candy Shoppe' Studio Calico Kit for Pencillines Sketch 228.

The sketch was super easy to work with and I will probably do another project with it. Also loved the happy colours in the Kit. Nothing beats yellow...:)

Dog Troubles

See this adorable German Sheppard? Her name is Rani and we had her since she was 6 months old, she is now 4. We also have a Maltese which is 10 and a Border Collie that is 5. All of them were puppies when they came to live with us. Just before Christmas we picked up a one year old Kelpie from the pound to give him a new home. He is a very affectionate and playful dog (and tends to wander a bit too). But we now have a problem. Rani, the Sheppard, has all the sudden started to attack our Border Collie. And attacking is putting it mildly. I had Cooper at the vets several times as she has done some real damage biting him. I have to keep Cooper inside now most of the time and need to chain Rani when I let Cooper out. We have contacted the German Sheppard Rescue to get some advice and were told that Rani possibly sees the new dog as a better and stronger male partner. We have come to the very difficult decision to find Rani a new home where she is an only dog and found a lovely family near Melbourne that will adopt her. We are now just waiting for a date from the transport company that will take her. It will be a very sad day for all of us to see her go. She is a lovely dog but I can't put my Border Collie through this any more.

Now to some happier news...The first LO was done with the new LYB 'Twig' collection...loving the colours!













...and this is a Fancy Pants LO done with supplies from lots of different collections(to see all Supplies used go to the FP Gallery!)

Back to School

School holidays are over... Oh well it was nice while it lasted. Back to the morning routine of packing lunches and getting kids ready and the afternoon activities. This week we have temperatures soaring into the high 30's and a couple of tennis sessions were canceled as it was just too hot. So instead we have been spending lots of time in the pool to cool down :)

Here is a sneak from a recent Fancy Pants blog post on the 'Love Birds' square Element Stickers. Check out how differently we have used those stickers. They are incredibly versatile!












And another Fancy Pants project that you can find in the Gallery using 'Lilac House'...one of my favorite releases of the past.




Back to creating some more! Love the weekends when we have nothing planned!

Sleeping in and being lazy...

...that's what I like about the kids being at home during holidays. We are certainly trying our hardest to make the most of our last week at home. Next Monday school goes back and I'm not sure how we will all adjust. I have also been playing lots with paper and glue :)
The first Layout is for the Pencillines blog, Sketch 222...Go check it out!















Fancy Pants is posting Sneak Peeks of their new releases on their blog...my favorite so far is the 'Artist Edition'!











I have also been playing with Sassafras Lass...did you see they are having a Design Team call?

Would you like to win some of these???

Fancy Pants and Core'dinations have teamed up and will release a cardstock pack with Fancy Pants colors and designs!!! You can enter to win a NEW, UNRELEASED Core Impressions assorted pack. . . there will be 50 packs to give away!!

Click here to enter!

I can't wait to play with these :)

School Holidays...

...I love school holidays! Lots of time to create and check out blogs and new CHA Sneak Peeks :) The first LO was created with Websters Pages 'Vogue' collection...love the colours!

The next project is a Fancy Pants LO using the 'Happy Together' collection.











And last but not least is a LO using Pencillines Sketch 220 and my best friend the Silhouette SD (for the title)!

I hope you all find lots of time to create now that the crazy Christmas season is over:)

Back from Holidays!

We had a lovely break after Christmas. We stayed in a house at Malua Bay about 300m away from the Beach. All we did was eat, sleep, swim, played Boggle and Poker and eat again!

Exciting times are ahead with all the Scrapbooking companies releasing new products at CHA in a couple of weeks. To check on all the sneak peeks go here! You can also go to Willow Traders but you have to be a member to see the forum with the CHA Sneaks.

I have created more Fancy Pants Projects for the Blog. Also check out the Gallery which is full of inspiration from the DT! I'll leave you with a little teaser...